Sever
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
lit., "to reduce to inactivity" (see Abolish , where all the ocurrences are given), is rendered "ye are severed (from Christ)" in Galatians 5:4 , RV; the aorist tense indicates that point of time at which there was an acceptance of the Judaistic doctrines; to those who accepted these Christ would be of no profit, they were as branches severed from the tree.
"to separate from," is used of the work of the angels at the end of this age, in "severing" the wicked from among the righteous, Matthew 13:49 , a premillennial act quite distinct from the rapture of the Church as set forth in 1—Thessalonians 4 . See Divide , No. 1.
King James Dictionary [2]
SEV'ER, There may be a doubt whether sever is derived from the Latin separo. Heb. Ch. Syr. Ar. to break.
1. To part or divide by violence to separate by parting or rending as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke. 2. To part from the rest by violence as, to sever the head from the body. 3. To separate to disjoin as distinct things, but united as the dearest friends severed by cruel necessity. 4. To separate and put in different places or orders.
The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just.
Matthew 13
5. To disjoin to disunite in a general sense, but usually applying violence. 6. To keep distinct or apart. 7. In law, to disunite to disconnect to part possession as, to sever a state in joint-tenacy.
SEV'ER,
1. To make a separation or distinction to distinguish.
The Lord will sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
Exodus 9 .
2. To suffer disjunction to be parted or rent assunder.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.
(2): ( v. t.) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
(3): ( v. i.) To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
(4): ( v. t.) To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
(5): ( v. t.) To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
(6): ( v. i.) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
sev´ẽr : The three Hebrew words bādhal , pālāh and pāradh are thus translated. The idea conveyed is that of setting apart ( Leviticus 20:26 the King James Version) or of setting someone or something apart in a miraculous way ( Exodus 8:22; Exodus 9:4 the King James Version, the English Revised Version), or, again, of simple separation on one's own volition ( Judges 4:11 the King James Version, the English Revised Version). The Greek word ἀφορίζω , aphorı́zō ( Matthew 13:49 ) stands for final judicial segregation.
